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PAIS Archive
This archive contains records, originally published in the Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin, from 1915 to 1976 about public affairs worldwide.
Print: Z 7163 .P9 (Ref) (1915-1985)

PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)
Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, research reports, statistical directories, and more about public affairs worldwide. Coverage is from the 1972 and is updated monthly.

Paperchem
Part of Engineering Village 2., Paperchem covers the literature of the pulp, paper and paperboard industries, as well as such allied industries as packaging, chemicals, and equipment. Coverage is from 1966 to the present with over 12,000 records added annually.

Patrologia Latina
The electronic version of of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the indexes published between 1862 and 1865.

Philosopher's Index
Z 7127 .P47x (Ref)
Indexes and abstracts journal articles, books, and other publications on philosophy covering ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, and logic as well as the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language. Coverage: 1940-date. Updated quarterly.

Physical Education Index
Indexes more than 230,000 articles in health, physical education, recreation, athletic training and dance. Coverage: 1970-present. Updated monthly.

Play Index
Index to over 30,000 plays published individually or in collections from 1949 to date. Search by title, author, subject, style, genre, cast type, specific number of male/female roles, appropriate for specific ages, and more. Over 500 monologues are available for auditions or course assignments. Links to full text when available, or to the library catalog, if in a book or collection. You may need to use Interlibrary Loan to get a copy of the anthology if we do not own it.
Print - Z 5781 .P53 (Ref)

Plunkett's Automobile Industry Almanac
(CD-ROM, Waldo Library First Floor, Reference Area)
Market research, trends, data, and statistics, and analysis. Also provides profiles of leading companies in the automotive field.

Plunkett's Banking, Mortgages and Credit Industry Almanac
(CD-ROM, Waldo Library First Floor, Reference Area)
Market research, trends, data, and statistics, and analysis. Also provides profiles of leading companies in the banking, mortgages and credit industry.

Plunkett's Food Industry Almanac
(CD-ROM, Waldo Library First Floor, Reference Area)
Market research, trends, data, and statistics, and analysis. Also provides profiles of leading companies in the food industry.

Poem Finder (LitFinder)
More than 125,000 full-text poems and over 850,000 poems indexed. Search by any word(s) in a poem title, first line, last line, book title, author, or subject. International in scope (in English translation) and covers antiquity to the present.

POPLINE
POPLINE or POPulation information onLINE is a free database of over 300,000 citations and abstracts to articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues, including AIDS, other STDs, maternal and child health, health care communication, population and its effect on the environment. Some links to free full-text documents are available, but many require a fee. Before paying it, check the WMU Library Catalog for books and documents, and Finding Journals for journal articles we may own.

Primary Sources of the Women's Movement, 1960 to present: Publications on the Status of Women
Since 1961, local, state, and federal commissions have been collecting a wealth of information documenting conditions in the lives of American women. When completed, this digital collection will contain reports on the status of women from each of the 50 U.S. states, along with associated pamphlets, posters, and ephemera.

Project Muse
Project MUSE offers nearly 250 journal titles from some 40 scholarly publishers in the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, economics, and others.

ProQuest Research Library
Indexes popular magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers and trade publications in a wide range of subject areas, including business, education, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Full-text available for over 2,500 journals. Coverage from 1971.

PsycARTICLES
Full-text access to over 75 major peer-reviewed psychology journals. Coverage varies. Updated weekly.

PsycINFO
Psychological Abstracts BF 1 .P65 (General Stacks)
Covers world-wide literature in psychology and related disciplines. Journal articles, technical reports, books, book chapters, and dissertations are included. Coverage: 1887-present. Updated weekly.
Use the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms for subject words: BF1 .P65x 2001 (Education Lib. and Waldo Ref.)

PubMed
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's interface for searching MEDLINE, the major index to medical research, from clinical medicine to cellular and biomolecular biology. Provides free citations and abstracts, but limited full text. Coverage: 1966 - present. Updated weekly.
Tips for using PubMed effectively are found in the NLM PubMed tutorial and UFL PubMed tutorial.